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Excerpt: Sarah B. Rogers is an American lawyer serving as the 11th United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs since October 10, 2025.

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Excerpt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi a Sarah B. Rogers 11th  Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Incumbent Assumed office October 10, 2025 President Donald Trump Preceded by Elizabeth M. Allen Personal details Education Dartmouth College  ( BA ) Columbia Law School  ( J D ) Early life and education   Rogers received  her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Dartmouth College in 2005.[3] She earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2008, where she served as a Staff Editor of the Journal of Transnational Law and was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.[3] In 2003, while an undergraduate, she gained her first exposure to public diplomacy as an intern and Nelson Rockefeller fellow in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the U.S. Department of State.[4] As a child, she competed in equestrian competitions.[5] Legal career Prior to her government service, Rogers worked as an associate at...
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Ukraine to Make Drone Videos Available for Training A.I. Models

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Despite ethical concerns about using battlefield videos to train artificial intelligence, Ukraine’s defense ministry said it needs to improve A.I. targeting to compete with Russia.  Ukrainian soldiers training with drones in the Kharkiv region last year. Credit... Tyler Hicks/The New York Times By  Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine. The New York Times , March 12, 2026 Updated  7:35 p.m. ET The Ukrainian military will make available millions of drone videos and other battlefield data to Ukrainian companies and the firms of its allies to help train artificial intelligence models, Ukraine’s minister of defense, Mykhailo F e d o rov, said in a  statement  on Thursday. Ukrainian drone videos have recorded attacks on soldiers, equipment such as vehicles and tanks and surveillance footage. These videos can be used to train A.I. models for automated targeting, according to experts on A.I. and warfare. Allowing the use of genuine battlefield videos showing dr...
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Ukraine strikes Russian electronics plant that builds missile components

The general staff said that it used Storm Shadow missiles, which are produced jointly by Britain and France, to hit a plant that makes microchips and high-end electronics.  [March 12] at 6:23 a.m. EDT People clear debris at the site of a recent Ukrainian missile strike in Bryansk, western Russia, on Wednesday. (Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images)   By  David L. Stern ,  Serhii Korolchuk  and  Natalia Abbakumova , The Washington Post  ; article contains additional illustrations.  KYIV — A Ukrainian missile strike inflicted heavy damage on a key plant supplying electronic components for the Russian war machine, Kyiv officials said.    Russian officials on Wednesday sharply condemned the strike, which was carried out using British-produced medium-range missiles, saying that it was intended to derail peace talks, though negotiations seem to have hit a wall for other reasons. "As  part of a systematic effort to reduce the military-ec...
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